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I watched this back when it leaked and all I really remember from it is the way they kept avoiding the word "Superman", and that terrible scene where they tried to convince us that calling her "Supergirl" instead of "Superwoman" is somehow feminist and if you disagree then maybe you're the real sexist. Other than that though it seemed like it might end up being an OK show.
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Aphrodite posted:It's an antagonist saying that. You're not meant to agree with her. Judging by the interview I just watched on The Late Show, that is not the case.
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Gizmoduck_5000 posted:What? That wouldn't make any sense at all. Metahumans are supposedly a completely new thing when Flash begins. If Supergirl takes place in the same universe, that means Superman has been publicly active for years, but no one on the CW shows thought a flying alien god in metropolis is worth mentioning? I call bull poo poo. At the end of season one they accidentally opened up a bunch of portals to other realities. They're currently working with the Flash from Earth 2 to close them, but there's plenty of potential to have a way to travel between worlds stick around permanently or get reopened if they ever want to do the crossover.
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Oct 28, 2015 01:55
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Just caught up with the last three episodes. This show is getting much better since the first episode, I'm actually enjoying it more then The Flash now. I really like the fact that they're giving her opponents who pose a plausible threat and don't resort to her just being dumb for no reason like Flash does all the time, and the way she's handling stuff other than supervillains, which Flash doesn't do nearly enough of.
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Dec 4, 2015 15:48
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J'ohn J'ones is the dumbest name for an alien ever.
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sbaldrick posted:I'm sure it's too late for the Flash to show up this season given production times, especially given Supergirl's smaller run but I'd bet money both the Flash and Green Arrow show up next year.
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Dec 13, 2015 14:14
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BreakAtmo posted:THAT would be awful, but the current season of The Flash is all about dimensional breaches leading to the alternate Earth-2. There's no reason why Supergirl can't be set on Earth-5 or some poo poo. All the breaches in Flash lead to Earth 2 though.
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Dec 13, 2015 15:40
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BrianWilly posted:I think that Astra does still care for Kara and wants her to understand the truth of things, so that factored into the "get captured" plan. Chokes McGee posted:I think Cat's character hasn't gotten the recognition she deserves ( CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:I hope the back half of the season involves her learning about
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Dec 16, 2015 12:21
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) for warming up as a character on her own.
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Mymla posted:I just watched the first episode of this. It was garbage. Does it get better or should I find something else to watch? It gets a lot better.
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Dec 30, 2015 05:25
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Drifter posted:It's safe to say that Benoist is the only good and/or interesting cum unique characterization on that show. By the latest episode, Cat Grant is the best character in the show, and Maxwell Lord hasn't done much yet but is well placed to be an interesting character in the future. Supergirl herself is sometimes OK, sometimes a bit too cliche.
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Dec 30, 2015 15:34
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Well, this show just burned up every last bit of good will I had towards it. This episode was just awful. The only good thing was Cat knowing that Kara was Supergirl - the entire episode I was just saying "just loving tell her" - and then they hosed that up as well. I actually stopped watching when they had Cat see Kara and Supergirl together, because that was just bullshit.
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Jan 5, 2016 10:14
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BrianWilly posted:Really? I thought that was great and pretty much how I expected things to go. Why even have Martian Manhunter if you're not gonna have that kinda fun? It's a perfectly fine answer if the question is "how can Kara prove she's not Supergirl?" But that's a terrible question. Kara's secret identity relied on the idea that no one noticed her, which was a neat twist on the "why can't anyone see that Clark Kent is just Superman with glasses?" issue, and the fact that as soon as Cat started paying attention to Kara she saw right through it was great. Having Cat figure out her identity added an interesting dynamic, a character who was on her side and knew who she was, but wasn't part of either her government or civilian teams but she could go to for more general advice. And it would have meant that Kara would have had to rethink how she presented herself as Kara and what she could do to minimise the risk of others discovering her secret (something Cat could also have helped with). This throws all that out the window for the sake of maintaining the status quo. And it's not just that. Astra allowing herself to be captured was interesting. She was starting to look like a sympathetic villain and was casting doubt on whether Kara's mother was actually the good person she thought she was or not. Having her working towards her own ends while in custody, while the rest of her group went about their more overt activities on the outside would have been interesting. And if Kara's mother had actually had some sinister agenda that would also have been interesting. But instead, Astra goes free while absolutely confirming that she's a bad guy and Kara's mother was a saint. Boring. Then there's the other antagonist, Maxwell Lord. He was clearly an antagonist because he didn't like Supergirl or want her around, and he made a reasonable case as to why. But we're against him because he's against Supergirl, even though he seemed like he was actually doing what he thought was right. Basically, he looked like he might be a good guy who happened to be on the wrong side of this issue, which would bring him into conflict with the other good guys. But then he had his goons tie up James so he could rough him up for no reason. So he's obviously just a bad guy. And finally there's J'ohn J'ones. Alex keeping his identity secret from Kara could have been used in an interesting way. Instead she just finds out with no drama or payoff other than now she has a get-out-of-jail-free card whenever anyone figures out her identity. What a waste. Basically, a lot of stuff was set up that could have paid off in interesting ways, and then they carefully deconstructed all of that setup for absolutely nothing. Literally everything that I liked or found interesting about this show was undone in a single episode. Except for Cat, she's still pretty great. Not enough to carry the show on her own, though.
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howe_sam posted:If the show wanted to confirm Astra was absolutely a bad person she wouldn't have called off her Kryptonian death squad at the end of the episode. So that's a funny conclusion to make. howe_sam posted:I don't remember, do good guys generally blackmail people into planting bombs around a city? BrianWilly posted:And maybe it's the lack of sleep catching up to me but I don't really get why Kara keeping her secret from Cat is bad but J'onn and Alex keeping their secret from Kara would be good. *shrug*
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ded posted:Prove to me you're not supergirl! *stabs her in the hand with a fork*
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